Solace Biotech produces two bilayered tablet medications for treating diabetes that begin with G. Glymon-G1 contains 1 mg of glimepiride and 500 mg of extended release metformin. Glymon-G2 contains 2 mg of glimepiride and 500 mg of extended release metformin. Both glimepiride and metformin work to lower blood glucose levels. Glimepiride does so by stimulating the release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells, while metformin improves glucose tolerance by decreasing hepatic glucose production and intestinal glucose absorption while increasing peripheral glucose uptake and utilization.